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Papua New Guinea - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Papua New Guinea. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Papua New Guinea is a country in the west of Oceania and the tropical zone. It is the east half of the New Guinea island and peripheral islands, and the west half is Indonesia territory. The island is second largest in the world. New Guinea island is located in the north of Australia, and in the west of Solomon Islands. The following shows the distribution of animals in Papua New Guinea.
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Papua New Guinea
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Bird |
Scaly-breasted Munia |
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Papua New Guinea
extant species |
 | Monotreme |
Short-beaked Echidna,
Eastern Long-beaked Echidna | | Marsupial carnivore |
New Guinean Quoll (Spotted),
Bronze Quoll (Spotted),
Three-striped Dasyure,
Speckled Dasyure,
Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew,
Habbema Dasyure,
Black-tailed Dasyure,
Short-furred Dasyure,
Broad-striped Dasyure,
Long-nosed Dasyure,
Red-cheeked Dunnart,
Chestnut Dunnart,
New Guinean Planigale | | Marsupial omnivore |
Northern Brown Bandicoot,
Giant Bandicoot,
Raffray's Bandicoot,
Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot,
Common Spiny Bandicoot,
Clara's Spiny Bandicoot,
Menzies' Spiny Bandicoot,
David's Spiny Bandicoot,
Western Striped Bandicoot,
Papuan Bandicoot | | Possum, Glider |
Mountain Cuscus,
Ground Cuscus,
Woodlark Cuscus,
Telefomin Cuscus,
Northern Common Cuscus,
Stein's Cuscus,
Eastern Common Cuscus,
Silky Cuscus,
Common Spotted Cuscus ,
Admiralty Island Cuscus,
Long-tailed Pygmy Possum,
Great-tailed Triok,
Long-fingered Triok,
Tate's Triok,
Striped Possum,
Sugar Glider,
Northern Glider,
Lowland Ringtail Possum,
Painted Ringtail Possum,
Pygmy Ringtail Possum,
D'Albertis' Ringtail Possum,
Plush-coated Ringtail Possum,
Coppery Ringtail Possum,
Feather-tailed Possum |  | Kangaroo, Wallaby |
Grizzled Tree-kangaroo,
Matschie's Tree-kangaroo,
Doria's Tree-kangaroo,
Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo,
Lowlands Tree-kangaroo,
Tenkile,
Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo,
White-striped Dorcopsis,
Black Dorcopsis,
Gray Dorcopsis,
Macleay's Dorcopsis,
Small Dorcopsis,
Agile Wallaby,
Brown's Pademelon,
Dusky Pademelon,
Calaby's Pademelon,
Red-legged Pademelon |  | Megabat |
Long-tongued Nectar Bat,
Moss-forest Blossom Bat,
Common Blossom-bat,
Orange Fruit Bat,
Black-bellied Fruit Bat,
Woodford's Fruit Bat,
Geoffroy's Rousette,
Admiralty Flying-fox,
Black Flying-fox,
Spectacled Flying-fox … total 33 species |  | Lizard |
Frill-necked lizard |  | Monitor |
Mangrove Monitor,
Emerald Tree Monitor,
Crocodile Monitor,
Argus monitor,
Timor Tree Monitor |  | Crocodile |
New Guinea Crocodile,
Saltwater Crocodile | | Paradise bird |
Glossy-mantled Manucode,
Jobi Manucode,
Lesser Bird of Paradise ,
Greater Bird of Paradise ,
Raggiana Bird of Paradise ,
Goldie's Bird of Paradise ,
Emperor Bird of Paradise ,
Blue Bird of Paradise |  | Cassowary |
Southern Cassowary,
Dwarf Cassowary,
Northern Cassowary |  | Stork |
Black-necked Stork | | Crowned Pigeon |
Western Crowned Pigeon ,
Southern Crowned Pigeon ,
Victoria Crowned Pigeon |  | Hornbill |
Papuan Hornbill |  | Crane |
Brolga |  | Pelican |
Australian Pelican |  | Parrot |
Palm Cockatoo ,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ,
Blue-eyed Cockatoo ,
Little Corella ,
Black Lory,
Brown Lory,
Yellow-streaked Lory ,
Cardinal Lory ,
Dusky Lory ,
Rainbow Lorikeet … total 49 species | | endemic bird |
Palau Ground-dove,
Micronesian Imperial-pigeon,
Palau Fruit-dove ,
Palau Swiftlet,
Micronesian Myzomela,
Morningbird,
Palau Fantail,
Palau Bush-warbler,
Caroline Islands White-eye,
Giant White-eye,
Micronesian Starling | | bird (EN) |
White-eyed Starling |
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Papua New Guinea
marine extant
species |
 | Turtle |
Green turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Great Frigatebird,
Lesser Frigatebird | | seabird |
Beck's Petrel |  | Ray |
Manta ray,
Knifetooth sawfish,
Largetooth sawfish,
Longcomb sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish,
Black Marlin |  | Nautilus |
Umbilicate Nautilus ,
Chambered Nautilus |
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Papua New Guinea
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (CR) |
Poncelet's Giant Rat | | Mouse (EN) |
Northern Water Rat,
D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago Tree Mouse,
Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat,
Bougainville Naked-tailed Rat,
Bismarck Giant Rat | | Bat (CR) |
New Guinea Big-eared Bat | | Turtle (EN) |
Cantor's Giant Soft Shelled Turtle |  | Frog (CR) |
(Albericus siegfriedi) |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Common Bluebottle ,
Tailed Jay ,
Purple Spotted Swallowtail ,
Meek's Graphium ,
(Graphium mendana) ,
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (２８cm),
Chimaera Birdwing ,
Goliath Birdwing (２１cm),
Southern Tailed Birdwing ,
Paradise Birdwing … total 19 species |
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